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I have a Legacy AU9-SL5 dish and getting ready to convert to Single wire system. Planning on getting the HR34 to add to my 2 HR21's so my math is 9 tuners total. Is this correct ? The upgrade is $ 200.00 out of pocket !

And now I am thinking about changing the LNB to a SL3 to speed up my system

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I have a Legacy AU9-SL5 dish and getting ready to convert to Single wire system. Planning on getting the HR34 to add to my 2 HR21's so my math is 9 tuners total. Is this correct ? The upgrade is $ 200.00 out of pocket !

And now I am thinking about changing the LNB to a SL3 to speed up my system

And FYI moving from the SL5 to the SL3 will have no effect on the speed of your system.

In the other thread, I posted some steps to check to see what differences changing LNB settings would make.I haven't seen a reply, so I'll agree with texasbrit that it won't make one bit of difference changing from the SL5 to a SL3.

I had an SL5 until June of this year. When they upgraded me to the SWM system they put in a SL3 because I did not need anything on the 110 or the 119 where I live.

There was zero change in speed from the change.

Once you change to SWiM [and in his case a -16] you can change the receiver's setting to SL3 or SL5, as the SWiM works the same and only the receiver will change the tuning commands to not look for the 110 & 119 SATs.

The concept of a difference between the SL3 & SL5 for speed is a myth.

The OP changed to a 18" dish and saw some speed improvement, but hasn't taken any of the steps to see if this wasn't anything more than dumping the guide data and restarting.

Once you change to SWiM [and in his case a -16] you can change the receiver's setting to SL3 or SL5, as the SWiM works the same and only the receiver will change the tuning commands to not look for the 110 & 119 SATs.

The concept of a difference between the SL3 & SL5 for speed is a myth.

The OP changed to a 18" dish and saw some speed improvement, but hasn't taken any of the steps to see if this wasn't anything more than dumping the guide data and restarting.

Wouldn't the guide data be much smaller with an 18" dish. I've noticed channels from other sats don't appear when you aren't pointing at them. That could explain the speed difference.

Wouldn't the guide data be much smaller with an 18" dish. I've noticed channels from other sats don't appear when you aren't pointing at them. That could explain the speed difference.

The guide data feed is the same, but what the receiver parses/uses would be the difference.

The OP could connect the receiver back to the slimline, but keep the receiver setup still for the 18", and see if there are any changes.This was what I suggested in the other thread, but it hasn't been done or had the results posted.

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If you have a problem with anything you paid for via PayPal you can dispute it through them and believe me, as a former ebay seller I can tell you that PayPal weighs their resolutions heavily toward the buyer and away from the seller...to an almost unfathomable degree sometimes.

Once PayPal finds in your favor they will refund you your money and then put the seller on the hook to make good on it to them.

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The safest and smartest thing you can do to protect yourself on a ebay purchase is to pay through PayPal.

If you have a problem with anything you paid for via PayPal you can dispute it through them and believe me, as a former ebay seller I can tell you that PayPal weighs their resolutions heavily toward the buyer and away from the seller...to an almost unfathomable degree sometimes.

Once PayPal finds in your favor they will refund you your money and then put the seller on the hook to make good on it to them.

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I have purchased over 250 items on ebay...a few Directv items...most not. I have never been ripped off once. I think that many people that don't use ebay like to believe that ebay is full of thieves and your chance of being ripped off is 50 percent....this is simply not true. Would they have lasted all these years if most people got ripped off? Check the sellers feedback and the number of sales. Also, paypal will go to bat for you, the buyer, over the seller as HarleyD said.

Amazon doesn't sell most DIRECTV equipment, but their marketplace partners do. Amazon is very good about acting as a gobetween for you if you have a problem, but in my experience they don't really understand the difference between owned and leased equipment, and while they certify their product, they seem to have only minimal awareness of the large amount of stolen equipment out there being sold as legitimate equipment. This is something that you hear the legitimate web sites talk about all the time... that unscrupulous installers mark something as replaced or installed when the customer doesn't need it replaced or installed, so there's this piece of equipment out there that didn't cost anything and it's being sold far below cost because it didn't really cost anything.

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I think its funny Directv brings out the New SWM so you only need 1 wire from the dish total of 8 tuners, but after they bring out the HR34 you have to go back to old technology with the LNB with 4 wires

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I think its funny Directv brings out the New SWM so you only need 1 wire from the dish total of 8 tuners, but after they bring out the HR34 you have to go back to old technology with the LNB with 4 wires

Hr34 doesn't require a legacy dish.

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The requirement for a legacy dish is due to the number of tuners, not the presence of the HR34. I don't mean to split hairs but it sounded to me like you thought that any HR34 would require a legacy dish and that's not true.

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Amazon doesn't sell most DIRECTV equipment, but their marketplace partners do. Amazon is very good about acting as a gobetween for you if you have a problem, but in my experience they don't really understand the difference between owned and leased equipment, and while they certify their product, they seem to have only minimal awareness of the large amount of stolen equipment out there being sold as legitimate equipment. This is something that you hear the legitimate web sites talk about all the time... that unscrupulous installers mark something as replaced or installed when the customer doesn't need it replaced or installed, so there's this piece of equipment out there that didn't cost anything and it's being sold far below cost because it didn't really cost anything.

Over the past 12 months I have purchased a LOT of DTV eqpt thru Amazon.SWM16 w/PI, 4way splitters, 2way splitters, a 21v PI, 5 remotes and a SWM LNB! Is all of this "stollen"? The vendors all seem to be legit, they sell other products! In the past I purchased thru Solid Signal, the sattleliteshop.net, but these prices are sometimes half of what SS charges! Are they selling "grey" or "black" market DTV products? There must be a supply other than tech's providing them! I would love to find out the truth!